Requirements
- There are no prerequisites needed to be able to take this course.
Features
- Quick and easy to read, the course covers key messages directly in each lesson's content.
- There are 3 quizzes at the end of each section where the student can test their knowledge of the content
Target audiences
- This course is intended for people in business who give presentations or talks in meetings or at events.
- It is of particular interest to those persons that are presenting and speaking in English language when English is not your mother tongue.
As this course if free of charge, you can try it out as often and as much as you like. The only requirement is that you are registered on the site with a valid email address.
You can complete a quiz to test your knowledge at the end of each section.
A certificate can be downloaded upon completion of this course.
How to communicate and give powerful business presentations in English – for non-native-English speakers.
As you exchange information with people inside and outside your organization, you use a variety of formal and informal forms of communication. It is because of the human race‘s ability to express themselves, the ability to share the most complex ideas, theories and concepts, that we, as a species, have come so far. Language is the code we use to communicate – it organizes and classifies reality. Yet language can be both an enhancement and an obstacle to communication. Globalization and the Internet has brought about its own challenges to business people needing to communicate – most of all, how to find a set of shared codes to use to communicate. In many companies around the world, the English language – or coded variations of it – has manifested itself within organizations as the common denominator language. Along with business-speak, jargon and slang, we have come to expect that others will understand us, if we only speak English.
In this workshop we will be discussing how your business presentations are a means to communicate in business, in English language, even if this is not the native language of either the speaker or of the listener.
Course Features
- Lectures 37
- Quizzes 3
- Duration 5 hours
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 35
- Assessments Yes
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Section 1
The ability to make successful presentations has become a prerequisite in business communications. Why you should bother to take this course.
- Lesson 1 – Introduction to this course
- Lesson 2 – Objective of this course
- Lesson 3 – What is covered in this course
- Lesson 4 – The Communication Process
- Lesson 5 – Barriers to effective communications
- Lesson 6 – Four factors that impact understanding
- Lesson 7 – Barrier 1: The words are unfamiliar
- Lesson 8 – Barrier 2: The content is unfamiliar
- Lesson 9 – Barrier 3: Both words AND content are unfamiliar
- Lesson 10 – Barrier 4: Speakers use of the language is unusual for the listener
- Lesson 11 – Overcoming barriers to communication
- Lesson 12 – Tips for good communication skills
- Quiz 1
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Section 2
Presentation Skills: Speak Your Way To the Top
- Lesson 13 – 4 things needed for good communication skills
- Lesson 14 – Presenting when English is the second language
- Lesson 15 – 5 Steps to make presenting easier – regardless if in your native language or not
- Lesson 16 – Communicating through presentations
- Lesson 17 – Select and organize information
- Lesson 18 – Keep your purpose in mind
- Lesson 19 – Make it easy to understand
- Lesson 20 – Support remembrance
- Lesson 21 – Keep it relevant
- Lesson 22 – Help others (create joy!)
- Lesson 23 – Be Yourself
- Quiz 2
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Section 3
Background information
- Lesson 24 – Language and culture are intertwined
- Lesson 25 – Cultural and Language Differences
- Lesson 26 – Effective Business Communications
- Lesson 27 – Analyze the Elements
- Lesson 28 – Polish Your Verbal Skills
- Lesson 29 – Know Your Audience
- Lesson 30 – Express with Confidence
- Lesson 31 – Polish Your Nonverbal Skills
- Lesson 32 – Spelling matters, here are some tips
- Lesson 33 – Words and connotations
- Lesson 34 – Vocabulary (more than “just” words)
- Lesson 35 – Language and discrimination
- Lesson 36 – Active Words demonstrate the Active Voice
- Lesson 37 – “Success!” is just up to these 5 little things
- Quiz 3